Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1, Jesse Gammon, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Gammon, Jesse Sarah
No. 1.
CONTENTS

Lot 25 Tm. Sarah Hammon widow of Joseph Hammon who served in the Revolution war, as a Col Lytle SS. C o 
Let to Wm C Johnson 28 Jan 1853 Let to 3 rd Auditor " "
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of $4 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1852 End of 11. June 1852
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Oct and sent to B M Danner Green
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under February 2, 1848, Page 298 Vol.

to Allen Baker. Nov 11.
845
Tripletate Certificate issued 24 Febry 1846 and sent to Allen Baker, Warrentsburg Tennessee
Tripletate Certf issued June 11. 1849. and sent to Allen Baker Warrentsburg Tennessee
Let. to Allen Baker with forwrd. Oct. 25. 1849.
25333
East Tennessee
Esse Garrison
Person in the State of Tennessee was a private in the com commanded by Captain McChesney of the 1st Regt commanded by Col. Lytle in the Tennessee line, 13 months & 27 days
Entered on the Roll of East Tennessee as the rate of 44 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of Jan 1834. and given at Anderson County Bend
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 110.25 Pension allowance ending March 9205 $132.30
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Saml Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 9 Page 44

State of Tennessee County of Jefferson
On this 22 nd day of November personally ap- peared before Robert M c Farland Junior a Justice of the peace for the county of Jefferson Esse Gammon, a resident in the county of Jefferson, and State of Tennessee, aged Sixty nine years and seven months, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declara- -tion, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th , 1832.
That the Declarant, Esse Gammon was born in Virginia, Norfolk County, twelve miles from Norfolk, on 27 th of April, Seven- -teen hundred and sixty four. His father and mother died, when he was a small boy. At the age of eleven years, he moved with his uncle, Joshua Gammon to Halifax County, North Carolina, where he lived on Little Fishing Creek, one of the branches of Roanoke River, fourteen miles from Hal- -ifax Court House. At the age of Seventeen in the month of April 1781 - day not recollected, the Declarant was drafted in Halifax County, at his Company Muster ground, three or four miles from his Uncle's residence. His muster ground was near the road lea- -ding from Halifax Court House to Warrenton. He was drafted, by a Captain of one of the County Companies, whose name he does not recalled - He was drafted for three months.

The place of Rendezvous was Innfield Court House, where three or four of the Halifax Companies met. Innfield was the Old Court House of Halifax County, and was twelve miles from Halifax Court House. Captain Defray commanded our Company. How Captain Defray's name was spelled, he does not know. But it was pronounced Depray. The names of the Lieutenants and Ensign are not recollected. Daniel Crawley was our Ordinary Sergeant. At Innfield Court House, Colonel Linton took the command of all the Companies. Major Hogg, he thinks, but is not certain, was the Major. He does not recollect the names of the Captains of the other Companies. From Innfield Court House, he was, marched to Halifax Court House, where they remained a part of a day. There were from one hundred and fifty to two hundred men under Colonel Linton. Lord Cornwallis was marching to Halifax Court House, and at one o'clock or thereabouts, when the British appeared, we crossed the Roanoke River, opposite the town. While we were crossing the river, the British entered the town. Two of our Spies, one of our Spies was killed between the two Court Houses, and another Spy, Potts, was wounded in the head. We marched up the river about ten miles towards Black's Ferry, where we remained until morning, when we marched to Black's Ferry. The second or third day we marched from Black's Ferry on to Caswell Court House, where we remained a week or two. Thence we marched to Tarborough, a considerable distance; we passed through Tarborough and marched down the river, (having crossed

it, just before we reached the town,) and encamped on Town Creek, Some distance below Lumborough; at this place we remained for some time, until Colonel Linton began to enlist men for 18 months, when this Declarant agreed to enlist and was furloughed by Colonel Linton for the purpose of preparing himself for the service. This Declarant returned home on this furlough, and when his furlough expired, he returned agreeably to his orders, specified in his furlough to Billy Henry's New House, in Halifax County, eight or nine miles above the town, three quarters of a mile from the River Roanoke. We remained here for two or three days, when some officer or officers, names not recollected came, from the camp on Town Creek, and gave us all written discharges and we were also discharged from our enlistment. By whom his discharge was signed, the Declarant does not recollect; He served two months, in this town from the date of his being drafted until his discharge (at) in the month of June, day not recollected.
The Declarant did not receive any thing for this service. About a mile from the town of Halifax, opposite the town, on the South side of the river, Public Shops were carried on, under the superintendence of Colonel Long, for the purpose of making horse men's caps, shoe boots, cantens, saddles, cloths, Cartridge Boxes, and iron utensils. Colonel Long wanted a young man to cook for and wait on the shops, and this Declarant went down in the month of July and volunteered

to serve three months, which he did and was discharged at the public square in Octob r , day not recollected by Col. Hall for a term of three months, - and Col. Long informed him that the service would be the same to him as a term in the army of three months.
In the month of June 1782 orders were received by the Captains of Halifax County, to raise men. to serve eighteen months. Early in July, day not recollected, in 1782, a place of drafting was appointed at the Old Marsh Store, in Halifax County, eight or nine miles from Halifax Court House. The orders were that every twentieth man was to be drafted. The companies agreed to clap themselves into divisions of twenty, each division having some man in it, who was willing to become a substitute - and the other nineteen agreeing to pay him for going in the place of the drafted man - and when this could be done, no draft was necessary, and none was made. This Declarant offered himself as a substitute and was hired by his Clap, who gave him three hundred and thirty three dollars and one third of a dollar. The Declarant returned to his home to make preparations for his service, and assembled in company with Wm. and Moses Brewer on the 1st of August 1782. to Warrenton, the place of Rendezvous. There went into the Court House were measured examined, judged and sworn. This Declarant was received and placed under the command of Captain M c Colus, — Campbell was a Lieut or Ensign - which he does not recollect, Sergeant Sturdivent was the only Sergeant, and Sergeant Lee was another Sergeant. There were about

No. 5. thru hundred men at Warrenton; Colonel Little took the Command of us. He does not recollect any other Officers at Warrenton. He remained here the greater part of a month, when we marched to Hillsborough, about 80 miles from Warrenton, crossing on our way Enn River, a Small river; here we remained a week Then we marched to Salisbury, crossing the Yadkin River - here we remained a few days, when we marched to Charlotte, remaining here a few days, we then marched to Camden, where we remained only a few hours, when we marched down and crossed Ashley River at Bacon's Bridge, on to Head Quarters on Ashley Hill, where the main army was encamped under General Greene. Captain Coleman Commanded the Company adjoining ours - The Declarant recollects Generals Greene & Gist - He does not recollect any other Officers. He remained here about three months, when we marched about six miles to James Island, one mile from Charleston, crossing the Wapou Gut which reaches from Stono River to Ashley River. We encamped on James Island and built huts. He remained here until the 4th of July 1783.
On this day, The Artillery  we fired one round with the Cannon, and the Infantry fired two rounds, one running fire and one fire by Platoons. While we were in the Island, 50 men of whom the declarant was one were detailed under an officer, whose name is forgotten, and sent on board of the Rozala, a vessel which we had, in search of a refuge vessel; we were out three or four days without success. The day after the 4th of July, six men were sent, of whom this

Declarant was once in a small boat to Charleston, to load a vessel there, with rum and wine, to be sent around to Wilmington. He loaded the vessel, and after we had done so, the day after we went to Charleston, we received orders by one of our non commissioned officers, that the North Carolina men were marching to Wilmington and for us to join them. We left Charleston immediately and joined our companies at the fork of the road twelve miles from Charleston - The road forked there the left hand leading to Charleston  Georgetown , the right hand to Wilmington. At this place we were discharged. Declarant's discharge was handed to him by his orderly Sergeant Sturdevant; By whom it was signed, does not know, being illiterate. Declarant was discharged after a service of eleven months and seven days and from that point returned home in company with Ellis Tyse and Pett Harper, who were the messmates of the Declarant during the whole tour. Declarant was discharged in the month of July, on the seventh day, as he thinks it was three days after 4 th July. Declarant is very infirm from an injury he received many years ago in his back and from an affection of his groin, which entirely incapacitate him from going about on horseback and with difficulty does he go about on foot - and can not walk any distance to attend to business. He applied, through his son in Law, twelve months ago to a State

287 ager to come to his house and draw up his papers — But he failed to do so — He applied again to another Lawyer, who promised to come, but failed to do so — and these have been the causes, together with the infirmities of the Declarant, that have prevented him from making application to the War Depart- ment long since for a pension, upon the act of June 4 th 1832. The Declarant lost his three discharges in Halifax County — when or when he does not recollect; never expect- ing to derive any benefit from them, he did not take particular care of them. The Declarant does not know that any of his fellow Soldiers are now alive — He served as a drafted militia man in the year 1781. two months — and as a volunteer to attend and wait on the Public Shops in 1781. three months — and as a substitute for a Drafted militia man in the years 1782. and 1783 for eleven months, and seven days. He has no documentary evidence as to his service, and he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State. The Declarant lived in Virginia eleven years — thence moved to Halifax County, North Carolina, in which county, and in Orange County N.C. and in Surry County N.C. He lived forty one years — then moved to East Tenny- see, where he lived in Greene County sixteen years

178. and in Lefferson one year, where he now lives. I have to and subscribed Isaac  his Gammon before me the 22 d of November 1858 Mark
Not at Allendale Question of the man
Question 1 st When and in what year were you born?
Answer 1 st I was born in Virginia, Norfolk County, twelve miles from Norfolk, on the 27 th of April Seventeen hundred and Sixty four.
Question 2 nd Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?
Answer 2 nd I have a record of my age on a leaf of a bible. Set down by my Father or some person for him. It was given by my Uncle Joshua and has been mutually preserved
Question 3 rd . Where were you living when called into Service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
Answer 3 rd When called into Service, I was living in Halifax County, North Carolina; Since the Revolutionary War, I have lived in North Carolina thirty three years and in Tennessee; Seventeen years.
Question 4 th . How were you called into Service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a Substitute? and if a Substitute, for whom?
Answer 4 th . In my first term I was drafted for three months; In my Second term I volunteered for three months; In my third term I was a Substitute - agreeing to stand as a drafted man, being paid therefor. My last service was for a term of eighteen months.
Question 5 th . State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, when you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your Service.
Answer 5 th . In my first term, there were no regulars with us. In my Second term, there were none - unless Colonel Long was a Regular Officer, who Superintended

the public Workshops, upon which this Declarant attended. In my third and last tour, I. Served under General Greene in South Carolina; I. stood as a Drafted Militia man of Berkeley County for 18 months, and was marched under Col. Smith - N. C. Cots. - Captain - from Warrenton, N. C. the place of Rendezvous, through various towns of North and South Carolina, which are specified in my declaration, to Ashley Hill, on Ashley River, South Carolina, the Head Quarters of General Greene, which place we reached in the of the year, day and month not recollected - when we remained three months, until after the evacuation of Charleston by the British, when we marched to James Island and encamped & there remained until the 5th of July 1783, when I. was sent to Charleston on a fatigue party and in a few days there after discharged at the Forks of the Road twelve miles from Charleston - leading from Charleston to Georgetown by the left hand, and to Wilmington by the right hand. In this tour - I. was received at Warrenton, on the 1st of August 1782. and was discharged on the 7th day of July 1783 after a Service of eleven months and Seven days. I. Served with Continental troops under General Greene - and our Company wore the same uniform as the Continentals, and our officers were regular officers - But we were not called Continentals - we were called drafted Militia - men - While on Ashley Hill - we were occasionally engaged in intercepting the British foraging parties from Charleston - while on James Island we were not engaged in any active Service - I. will recollect Generals Greene and General Gist (pronouncing his name Guep) and Capt. Coleman, who

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Commanded the Company adjoining ours on Ash- by Hill. The circumstances of the other terms and the particulars of all my terms are set forth in my declaration. In my first term I served two months; In my second I served three months and in my third I served months and days.
Question 6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from the Service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? Answer 6 th . I received a discharge at the expiration of each term of the periods specified, for which I served. By whom my first discharge was given I do not rec- ollect, nor by whom  it was signed by I recollect.
My second discharge was given and signed by Colonel Brall my third discharge was hand d to me by my Orderly Sergeant Sturdivent and by whom  was signed by I do not know. I lost them all in Halifax County North Carolina, when I do not know.
Question 7 th . State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Answer - I would refer to the Reverend Solo- mon Wyatt, W. Allen Baker, W. Josiah Harrison who can be examined touching my cha- racter for veracity, and their belief of

My services as a Soldier of the Revolution. I have only lived where I now do for one year and have never been absent but once from my home on account of my crippled state and am not therefore well acquainted in this neighborhood. But the neigh- borhood who know me and Gentlemen of the highest respectability in the County are satisfied of my services. In my former neighborhood in Green County my services are well known and credited.
Sworn to and subscribed before Jesse G Gammon me. The 22 d of November 1835 mark
We Solomon Wyatt, a Clergyman, resident in the county of Jefferson and Allen Baker and Josiah Harrison, Citizens resident in the same County hereby certify, that we are acquainted with Jesse Gammon who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and annexed answers; that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is respected and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we con- cur in that opinion; and that he is a man of veracity.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the 22 d of November 1835 Solomon Wyatt Clergyman
Allen Baker
Josiah Harrison
And the said Justice of the Peace hereby declares his opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as

he States. And I further Certify that it appears to me that W. Solomon Wyatt who had signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman, resident in the County of Jefferson and that W. Allen Baker and W. Josiah Harrison, who have also signed the same, are residents in the same County, and that they are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit. I further certify that the applicant is very infirm from the afflictions stated in his declaration and that he is much afflicted with the palsy in his hands. Given under my hand and seal the 2 d of November 1855
Notary Public for Jefferson County
State of Tennessee Jefferson County
I Joseph Hamilton Jr Clerk of the Court of Pleas and quarter Sessions of Jefferson County aforesaid, do certify that Robert McFarland Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration and annexed answers, were sworn to was at the time and still is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Jefferson, and his signature, whenever it appears in the foregoing papers is his genuine signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand sealed of Office in Danville the 11 th Day of December A.D. 1855 Joseph Hamilton Jr Clerk of Jefferson County

Jus Gamman was born on quite
The 26 day in the year of our lord 1787 +
Green Henry Gamman was born then friday february the 1 day in the year of our lord 1812 and 13 +
Jewly Gamman was born sunday september the 26 in the year of our lord 1813 +
Emmely Gamman was born tuesday june the 25 day in the year of our lord 1816 +
Adison Gamman was born sunday october the 11 day in the year of our lord 1818 +
Richard Gamman was born tuesday october the 17 day in the year of our lord 1819 +
patrick Gamman was born 2819 friday july the 9 day 1822

Ellen B Gammans was Borne monday April thirt day in the year of our lord 1824
the ... June ary 1826
Swan ... Gammans was Borne february satur day ... in the year of our lord 1826
Cathran Gammans was Borne february satur day ... in the year of our lord 1826
Charles B Gammans was Borne may ... day ... in the year of our lord 1828

Anderson
St. Louis Justice of the Peace
1839 1792 47

Henry Gammon Boush March the 16th _____ 1792

No 28977
Jesse Gammon Tennessee
from 1780. 12 13 2.
77 days.
Mr. Bell will
$ 44.10
please to give a certificate in this case
Jan 13 1834
72 25-1 35 120.25
Pierce B. Anderson Chunkey Rd Tenn.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Jesse Gammon
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Yrs. Months. Days.     April 1780 2 Pt. 70 Traditionary   1 Aug 1782 10 7 Pt. Capt. McIntosh [Benton] N.E.   7 July 1783 1 2 7 Col Lytle N.E. line  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval Service. 4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of } On this                      day of                      personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of                      in the county of                      and State, Territory or District of                      aged (c)                      years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)                      , with                      and served in the                      (e) regiment of the                      line, under the following named officers:
 [Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (i) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this                      day of                      &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (1) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following ( m ) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services. 
 6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it?  { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
□ The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[k] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[l] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

State of Tennessee On this 2 d day of May Greene County A.D. one thousand eight hundred & fifty one before me Allen Baker an acting Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid duly authorized by law to administer Oaths Personally appeared Sarah Garrison a resident of the State of Tennessee in the County of Greene aged Eighty Eight years and made Oath in due form of law that she is the Widow of Lepe Garrison the identical Person who was a Pensioner and is now dead and to whom a certificate of Pension was issued which is herewith presented. That the deceased Pensioner resided in Greene County Tennessee for the space of seven years before his death and that Previous to that he resided in Jefferson County Tennessee and that Previous to that he resided in Greene County Tennessee. — She further on her Oath declares that Lepe Garrison her deceased Husband was a private in the Army of the Revolution in the Company Commanded by Captain McCoats in the Regiment Commanded by Col d Little in the service of the United States as may be seen by reference to the papers from which he derived his Pension Certificate and she further on her Oath declares that she was lawfully married to the said Lepe Garrison on the _____ day of January in the year Seventeen hundred and Eightyseven. in Halifax County North Carolina by Willis Alston Esq r . that her Husband the aforesaid Lepe Garrison died on the sixth day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty nine that she was not married to him Prior to his leaving the service but the Marriage took place previous to the second day of January A.D. One thousand Eight hundred (45) at the time above stated and

She further swears that she is now a Widow and that she has never before made any application for a pension Sworn and Subscribed on the day for Sarah G Gammom and year before written before me mark Allan Baker S.P. for Greene County Tenn
The undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Greene do hereby certify that Sarah Gammom the Applicant in the foregoing declaration cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court and I do further certify that Sarah Gammom the applicant a- foresaid is a person of veracity and that I believe her to be of the age before stated Allan Baker S.P. for G.C.
State of Tennessee Greene County
This day personally came Mr C Scully before me Allan Baker a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid and made Oath in due form of law that he is well acquainted with Sarah Gammom the applicant for a pension and has been acquainted with her and also her Husband Sips Gammom for the space of Twentynine years before the death of the said Sips Gammom which death took place in the Spring of 1849. and knew them to live together as man and wife for the space of Twentynine years and have never heard the Legality of their Marriage disputed and that the said Sarah Gammom is now a widow and was never married after the death of her Husband Sips Gammom

and that he well knows the said Sarah Garrison to be the same person described in the foregoing declaration and he also makes oath that he was ac- -quainted with Henry Garrison son of the said Lepe and Sarah Garrison aforesaid in the year one thousand eight hundred and Nineteen and that the said Henry Garrison was then a man grown and looked to be an man of Twenty five years of age at that time, and that the said Lepe & Sarah Garrison had two sons older than the aforesaid Henry Garrison who he afterwards became acquainted with, Sworn to and subscribed Aff m C Scully before me this 2 d day of } May 1851 Allen Baker S.P. for Greene County }
State of Tennessee } This day personally came Greene County } Richard Scragg before me Allen Baker a Justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid and made oath in due form of law that he is well acquainted with Sarah Garrison the applicant for a pension and that he has been personally acquainted with her and also Lepe Garrison her husband for the space of thirty years before the death of her husband the said Lepe Garrison which death took place some time in the spring of 1849, and knew them to live together as man & wife during all that time of thirty years and have never heard the legality of their marriage disputed

and that she Sarah Garrison the applicant aforesaid has never been married since the death of her husband Jesse Garrison and that she is now a widow and well knows her to be the same person described in the foregoing declaration
Sworn & Subscribed before me the 2 d day of May 1851
Richard his Scruggs mark
Allen Baker J.P. for Green County
I the undersigned a Justice of the peace for Green County do certify that Mrs. C. Seely and Richard Scruggs the deponents to the foregoing affidavits are persons of veracity Allen Baker J.P. for S.C.
State of Tennessee
I George W. Foote, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County of Greene and State aforesaid do certify that Allen Baker Esq., before whom the foregoing Affidavits were made, and who has signed his name thereto, is now, and was at the dates thereof, an Attorney Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected, commissioned and sworn as such, and that the signatures purporting to be his appear to be in his own proper handwriting
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Office, in Greeneville the 3 rd day of May 1851.
Geo. W. Foote, Clerk By E. A. Boyle, J.P.

State of Tennessee Greene County 7 th Feb
An this fifth day of July in the year One thousand eight hundred and fifty two, before me Abraham Lack an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Allen Baker, of lawful age, and a resident of said County, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration to wit:
This Declarant states that he is the administrator of the estate of Sarah Gammon deceased, who was the widow of Jesse Gammon deceased, private in Capt. McCoats' Co. Col. Little's reg't in the army of the revolution, and a Pensioner of the United States at the Knoxville Tennessee agency at the rate of forty four dollars and ten cents per annum, and that according to some papers now in Declarant's possession, the original certificate of Pension issued in the name of the said Jesse Gammon was in the following words and figures to wit:
"War Department
Revolutionary claim
I certify, that in conformity with the Law of the United States of the 7 th June 1832, Jesse Gammon of the State of Tennessee, who was a Private in the army of the revolution, is entitled to receive forty four dollars and ten cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4 th of March 1831, and payable Semi-annually on the 4 th of March and 4 th of September in every year.
Given at the war office of the United States this 1 st day of Feb'y one thousand eight hundred and thirty four
Lewis Cass Secretary of War

Examined and Countersigned J. L. Edwards
commissioner of Pensions!" — that said original Certificate with other papers was accidentally lost in Lick creek by one Wm. Scott who was on his way to Knoxville to draw said pension for the pensioner — That upon application, a new Certificate was issued to the said Jesse Gammon, which while in the possession of this affiant, who attended to his father-in-law's pension business, the said Jesse Gammon; was stolen out of said affiant's house with other papers, and destroyed by the thief. — That the said Gammon made another application for a new Certificate, which was issued about the time he died, which death he declared took place in said county of Greene on the sixth day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, and that he left the foregoing named Sarah Gammon as his widow — That she made a Declaration for a widows pension under the act of 2d February 1848, as he now remembers, with which, was forwarded, the last mentioned Certificate of the said Jesse Gammon decd. — and that before the proof of marriage in her case, could be perfected, she died in said county of Greene on the Eleventh day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, leaving John R. Gammon of Missouri, Henry Gammon, Rebecca and Polly Gammon and Sarah, formerly Sarah Gammon, now Sarah Baker, by intermarriage with this affiant, aged near forty seven years, only surviving children of the said Jesse and Sarah Gammon deceased, the said Sarah being the youngest of said children.
He further declares that the Declaration and papers of the said Sarah Gammon decd was made out and forwarded by him to the pension office, and that

He was recognized as her agent; and under all the circumstances seems himself the proper person to administer as aforesaid, to apply and receive the respective amounts due at the death of the said Lessee and Sarah Garrison, and distribute the same.
He further declares that proper exertions have been made by him to procure a certified copy of the marriage bond of the said Lessee and Sarah Garrison from the Clerk of the County Court of Halifax County N. C. where they were married, but without success, as will appear by reference to his letter now on file with the papers aforesaid. That he knows of no person who witnessed said marriage or that knew them to live together as husband and wife prior to 1800, except perhaps some of their children, and that due enquiry for such proof has been made — That he is credibly informed and fully believes that the said Lessee and Sarah Garrison had a family register in their possession some years back in which was kept the names and ages of all their children, and for which this affiant has made diligent search since her death, but without success, and which he has every reason to believe has been totally lost or destroyed in some manner unknown to him — and that the only evidence of said marriage, or that they lived together as husband and wife prior to the year 1800, that he can procure, is the name and age of The said Henry Garrison (one of their said children) on a small slip of paper, cut from the original family register of the said Lessee and Sarah Garrison in the year 1839 herunto attached; and the family record, entire

of Ivy Garrison deceased, (also one of the before mentioned children) with his own name and age written thereon, and that of his children hereto attached, which he declares, is the best attainable evidence of the marriage, he is able to procure.
In support of the foregoing statements, he refers the Dep't to the proofs hereto annexed, and also to such proofs as are already on file in the pension office - And to save much trouble and expense, he requests that the arrearage due, may be made payable to himself as the administrator, at the Knoxville Agency.
Allen Baker Administrator
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first within written.
Abraham Jac. Pease Justice of the Peace

Payment to be made at Jonesborough by William H. Blair Esq. Agent for paying pension- ers, in the Agency of Tennessee
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book C Vol. 7. Page 44 by G. A. Smith Clerk.

Duplicate.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Jesse Gammom _____ of Tennessee who was a Private _____
is entitled to receive Forty four _____ dollars and Ten _____ cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September, in every year. This Certificate issued in lieu of one lost or destroyed dated 24 th February 1846. Given at the Department of the Interior, this 11 th day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty nine.
T. Ewing
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

Pension Office
Sep 30 1852
Tennessee Rolls. Knoxville Act June 7 1832. Jesse Gammon pri $44 \frac{12}{100} per annum To what time paid?
T. Triplett
J. S. Gallagher Esq Brownsboro
D 9 to 4 th March 1847.
J. S. Gallagher

Married 1787 (Record of Births of children) Husband died 6 May 1849 She died 11 June 1852 } Certificate of Court She left surviving her Mrs R Gammmon - of Missouri.
Henry Gammmon Rebecca Gammmon Polly Gammmon } Tenn - } Certificate of Sarah Baker } Court Allen Baker adm. }
Satisfactory -

Warrenton June Decr 15 th 1865 To the Hon
James L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir - at the instance and request of Lepee Garrison a revolutionary Pensioner whose certificates were lost out the way to draw a pension brosing a check and who has heretofore drawn a Pension - Please see his name inscribed on the Pension roll. I will thank you for the necessary instructions to enable him to proceed to draw his Pension to which he is fully entitled and altogether worthy - awaiting your instructions addressed to this office Warrenton June 6 th June
I have the honor to be Sir very respectfully
Your Oat Servant Allen Barker

Rev
WIDOW, &c. $
Am
No.
Sarah Gammon
Widow
Jesse Gammon,
Priv. Rev. War.
Act.
Feb. 2. 1848.
Box:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Application for a new Certificate County of Greene State of Tennessee on this 21 st day of April 1849 before me the Subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said county of Greene personally appeared Lepe Garrison who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain McCoats in the regiment commanded by Colonel Lille in the service of the United States that his name was placed on the pension Roll of The State of Tennessee that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War which certificate was lost on or about the day of 1845 and that he received a new certificate under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War on the day of 1846 which which new certificate on or about the day of July 1847 was stolen out of the possession of one Allen Baker who had the care of said new certificate and the same was destroyed and the said Lepe Garrison on his oath further declares that he has not drawn his pension since the 1 st March 1847 in consequence of said new certificate being destroyed. Lepe his Garrison sworn to before me this 21 st } mark day of April 1849 } Jacob Reicher J. P. of Greene County

This day personally appeared Adison A Ragun before me Jacob Reicher a Justice of the peace for Green County and made Oath in due form of Law that he is well acquainted with Sose Gammer and well knows him to be the same person described in the foregoing affidavit Sworn to before me this 21 st day of April 1849 } Adison A Ragun Jacob Reicher J.P. of Green County
The undersigned a Justice of the peace for the County of Green do hereby certify that Adison A Ragun the deponent in the foregoing affidavit is a person of Merit.
Jacob Reicher said Justice of the peace for Gl.
State of Tennessee on this 21 st day of April 1849 Green County } before the subscriber a Justice of the peace for the said county of Green personally appeared Allen Baker and on his Oath declares that he had the care of a pension Certificate which was dated on the day of 1846 belonging to Sose Gammer the applicant for a new certificate and that the said Certificate was stolen out of his possession with some Money & other papers and that the said Certificate was burnt up and destroyed Sworn to before me the day } Allen Baker and year aforesaid Jacob Reicher J.P. for Green County

I the undersigned Justice of the peace for the County of Green do certify that Allen Baker the deponent is a person of veracity April 21 st 1849 } Jacob Reiche — (Seal) J.P. for G.C.
State of Tennessee
I George W. Foote, Clerk of the County Court of Greene County, do certify that Jacob Reiche Esq. whose signature appear to the foregoing pro- ceedings, is now and was at the date thereof an acting Justice of the peace, duly elected, commis- sioned and qualified as such in and for said County - and that his signatures appear to be in his own proper hand writing, and I believe are genuine —
Given under my hand and Seal of Office, at Office in Greenville, the 14 th day of May 1849
Geo. W. Foote, Clk.

Application for a New Certificate
State of Tennessee } Green County }
On this 2 d day of February 1846, before me the subscriber a justice of the Peace for the said County of Green, personally appeared Jesse Gammon, who on his oath declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the Company commanded by Captain McCoats in the regiment commanded by Col Little, in the service of the United States, that his name was placed on the Pension Roll of the State of Tennessee, that he received a Certificate of that fact under the signature & seal of the Secretary of War, which Certificate is lost - and he believes was lost on or about the day of February 1845 at or near the Mouth of Lick Creek, or crossing said Creek, in Green County Tennessee, by one William Scott, to whom he had entrusted said Certificate, & given a Power of Attorney to draw his pension, and who was on his way to draw the same; and that said Certificate has never been recovered. — Sworn & subscribed to before me Jesse his Gammon mark my on the day & year aforesaid } Jacob Reicher J.P. of Gl.
State of Tennessee } Green County }
This day personally appeared Solomon Harrison before me Jacob Reicher, a justice of the Peace for the said County of Green, and made oath in due form of Law, that he is

well acquainted with Juse Gammon, and well knows him to be the same person described in the above Affidavit.
Sworn & subscribed to before me this 2 day of February 1846 } Solomon Harrison Jacob Reicher Not. of G.C.
State of Tennessee } Green County }
The undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Green hereby certifies that Solomon Harrison the deponent to the foregoing Affidavit is a person of veracity. February 2 nd 1846.
Jacob Reicher
Justice of the Peace.
State of Tennessee } Green County }
On this 2 nd day of February 1846 before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace, for the said County of Green, personally appeared William Scott, and on his oath, declares, that he had the aforesaid Certificate, & Power of Attorney from Juse Gammon the above named applicant for a New Certificate, to draw his Pension from the 4 th day of September 1844, to the 4 th day of March 1845, and that, he the said William Scott on his way to draw said Pension, lost said original Certificate, and said Power of Attorney, at or near Lick Creek, or crossing said Creek in Green County, near its Mouth, and that he hunted part of two days for the said Certificate, and said Power of Attorney

and could not find them, & that neither said Certificate or said Power of Attorney have ever yet been found to the best of his knowledge & belief.
Sworn and subscribed to before William Scott me the day & year aforesaid Jacob Keicher J.P. of G.C.
State of Tennessee Green County
The undersigned a Justice of the Peace for the said County of Green, hereby certifies that the above named deponent William Scott is a person of veracity. February 2 d 1846.
Jacob Keicher Justice of the Peace
State of Tennessee Greene County
I George W. Foulk, Clerk of the County Court for the said County of Greene do hereby certify that the above named Jacob Keicher whose signature appears to the foregoing Certificates, and Affidavits, is, and was, at the time of subscribing the same, an acting Justice of the Peace, in, and for said County, and that his official acts as such, are entitled to full faith, & credit. Given under my hand, & seal of office, at Office in Greeneville the 13 th day of February, 1846.
Geo. W. Foulk, Clerk of the County Court for the County Greene

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Allen Baker Esq. Postmaster Newnham Hampshire

Halifax N.S. April 2 nd 1855
Sir Yours of February last has been rec d asking for a search & copy of the Marriage licence of S r John Gammell to Sarah Likins who you state was married in the year 1757 or thereabouts Searches for Marriage bonds of persons prior to the year 1800 has been made by myself & others in my office and I have been unable to find any Marriage bond or Licence on file in my office of a date prior to the year 1810
I should be pleased to give you the assistance and evidence asked for but my office does not furnish it
Very respectfully
W m Daniel Clerk of Halifax County Court

Warrensburg Jan February 13 th - 1846
Hon James L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Sir,
Herewith please see Jeps Gammons Application for a New Certificate to enable him to draw his Pension -
Very Respectfully your obedt Servt Allen Barker

(Copy.)
Treasury Department Third Auditor's Office August 2. 1853.
Sir:-
I have received your letter of the 21 st ult o relative to two of the items of difference on the settlement of your account, for the 1 st gr. of this year.
With regard to the disallowed item of $51. 80 / 100 in the case of "Sarah Garrison", deceased, I have to state, that the payment to her for the same period her husband received pension was clearly illegal, and of course can not be allowed at this Office. See "Act- 30 th April 1844." If, however, as you state, you have been led into the error by the Pension Office, your recourse is to Congress.
In the other case, that of "Alfred Riles", to which you refer, when the payment is suspended for want of a copy of the pension Certificate, I can only state, that it has been the rule of this Office ever since its establishment, to require a copy of the Pension Certificate in all cases, the original not being surrendered - except when the Certificate has been illegally withheld, from the pensioner, & proof adduced to that effect.
Very Respectfully
Your obedt Servt.
(Signed)
H. Burt.
3 d Auditor
M rs R. Blair, Esqrs. Pension Agent Jonesboro Penn.)

Greenville Tenn. Dec. 1st 1852
Sir
In the month of July last, I enclosed to you the Declaration of Allen Baker administrator of the estate of Sarah Garrison, widow of Lersee Garrison, revolutionary pensioner, claiming arrears of pension due the said Lersee at his death under the Act of 7th June 1832 - and also the amount due at her death under the Act of 2d February 1848.
Your letter to me dated July 29 1852 acknowledges the receipt of the Declaration and papers; and it is further stated that they "will be fully considered as soon as it can be reached in its proper order."
My name appears on the papers as the agent.
I have heard nothing from them since.
As they have been on file over four months, I hope it will not be improper for me now, to ask the favor of the Dept to examine the case, and send me the certificate for the amount that may be found due, payable at Knoxville Tennessee.
The case was made out in Greene County Tennessee.
I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your obt. Svt, P. M c Daniel
J. O. Heath Commissioner of Pensions.

Greenville Tennessee October 16 1852
Sir
On the 20 th July last I mailed to you the Declaration and papers of Allen Baker of Greene County Tennessee, administrator and one of the heirs of Sarah Garrison deceased, claiming on behalf of the surviving children arrearages of a revolutionary pension. The papers were received and filed July 29 as per acknowledgement. Since then I have heard nothing of the case. Those interested here being anxious to hear from you, I therefore drop these lines, requesting an early examination of the papers and reply.
Very respectfully your ob t . serv t . R. McDaniel
J. E. Heath Comm. of Pensions Washington D. C.

300
FREE
Hon. L. P. Wade commencement of Russian Washington City D. C.

Pension office
Leicesterborough Agency July 26. 1883
Hon L P Waldo.
Sir:
The Treasury Department, has suspended $87 20 / 100 of my payment to Sarah Garrison being on the ground that it was for payment made to that extent before the death of the husband John Garrison. Now on recurring to the certificate which was my guide, I find the order refers to pay Allen Baker administrator for the benefit of Isabella Garrison Rebecca Garrison Polly Garrison Henry Garrison & Sarah Garrison only surviving children. The certificate fixed the sum at $44 10 / 100 per annum at the time of commencement. to wit 4th March 1848 (time of renunciation 11th June 1862, her death). This payment was in force in conformity to the instructions from the Pension office, & I had neither the means nor the ability to correct the advertisement of your predecessor. Garrison was not a Pensioner on the roll, if he was a pensioner anywhere & of course I had no means to detect the office error; - be please to examine & see if the error originated in the Pension office, or if there is an error at all.
respectfully
Wm H Blair

Warrenton Tenn. June 7/49 (Postm.) May 25. '49
Allen Baker from: Claim of Miss Garrison
Coole No. 4 June 2/49 Ans. 5
Application for a new certificate regarding reference to the Court of Pensions
3 Washington office June 5. 1849.
Duplicate certificate
W. Randall

Warrensburg Mo May 25 th
Yrs Official Business
Peter Wagner Esq Third Auditor's Office Washington City D. C.

To the Honorable James M. Pickens  Commissioner at the Insular and request J. L. Edwards of Pensions  of Lepe Gammom a Revolutionary Pensioner whose Certificate heretofore has been lost and a draw one procured and that the second one has also been destroyed and who has heretofore drawn a Pension  Please see his name inserted on the Pension Roll and Examine the enclosed papers and I hope that you will remit to my care a Certificate that he may be enabled to draw his Pension hereforward and I also hope that the United States Government will also remit to my care a check for the amount due him from the 4 th of March 1847 up to the 4 th March 1849 to which he is fully entitled and altogether worth  awaiting your answer address to this office Waverlyburg Greene County Tenn   I have the honor to be in very Respectfully your Obedient Servant  Allen Baker 

Wannenburg Jan 11 th October 1849 Mr J L Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Sir
Sometimes since I Recd a Triplett Pension certificate dated 11 th June one Thousand Eight hundred and forty nine - in the case of Sep t Garrison a Revolutionary Soldier. Issued in Lieu of one lost or destroyed dated 24 th Feby 1816 which certificate was directed to my care and before the same came to hand the Pensioner died therefor he has never Received the Back pay which he had not drawn in consequence of his former certificate being destroyed which was some Two years previous to his application I will thank you for the necessary instructions to Enable his widow to draw his Pension and also the Back pay that was due him at the time of his death awaiting your Instructions Adressed to this office
Wannenburg Green County Jan
I have the Honor to be Sir very Respectfully Your obt Servant
Allan Baker

Haverburg Lin May 9 th 1831 Mr. J. L. Edwards. (Com. of Pensions) Sir Sir
Enclosed you have the papers in the case of Sarah Sammon the widow of Isaac Sammon Sd for your investigation is the applicant for a pension
Please attend to this case at to proper time and much oblige your Most Obedient and Humble Servant Allen B. Baker

Allen Baker, Administrator
Revolutionary claim
B. McDaniel
Agent.
Greenville
Tennessee

Brief in the case of Sarah Gannon dec? widow of Jesse County and State of Tennessee act 2 Feb 1848
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner at $44 10 / 100 act June 7 1832 -
Proof of Marriage Documentary. (Birth of children)
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
B. M. Dannel Greenville Tenn
Thornton Triplett
Examining Clerk.

Sarah Gannon
Te
Act 2 Feb 1848
Set to A. Baker 23 May 1851
" Hon A Johnson 9 June 1852.

No. 61 Sarah Gammon dec widow of Jesse Jen
At Baker 23 May 1881 then A Johnson 9 June 1882
Act 2 Febz 18218

State of North Carolina
Secretary of State's Office
I William Hill Secretary of State in and for the state aforesaid, do certify that it appears from the muster rolls of the continental line of this State in the revolutionary war, that Jesse Gammond a private in Cap t Baucis Company of the 10 th Regiment enlisted in the year 1782 for the term of 18 months, and that nothing more is said of him on said rolls
Given under my hand this 20 th day of January 1834.
W. Hill
He was allowed as an 18 months draft $76. 60. — by a Board of commissioners.
W. Hill Secy

Sarah Gammon dec. widow of Jesse Ten
adm. d 2 Feby 1848 13 mos & 700 per $44.10 per annum from 4th March 1848 to 11 th June 1852 when she died
Payable to Allen Baker ad ministrator. for the benefit of Mrs. R. Gammon Rebecca Gammon Polly Gammon Henry Gammon & Sarah Baker only surviving children.
Set to Allen Baker Bell Daniel Greenville Ten

State of Tennessee Greene County } ss.
I Elijah M. Headrick, Clerk of the County Court of said County, holden at Greenville in and for said county, do hereby certify, that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited to said Court, that Jesse Garrison was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States on the roll of the Agency at Knoxville Tennessee, at the rate of forty four dollars and ten cents per annum: was a resident of said county of Greene and died therein on the sixth day of May A. D. One thousand eight hundred and forty nine, and that he left a widow named Sarah Garrison, who made application for a revolutionary pension under the act of Congress of 2d February 1848; that she resided in said county of Greene, and died therein on the Eleventh day of June A. D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty two, leaving John H. Garrison a resident of Missouri, Henry Garrison, Rebecca and Polly Garrison, and Sarah, formerly Sarah Garrison, now Sarah Baker by intermarriage with Allen Baker, residents of Greene county Tennessee, only surviving children of the said Jesse and Sarah Garrison deceased, all of whom are over the age of twenty one years.
I further certify, that the said Allen Baker made application to said Court at its July term, Monday 5th Eighteen hundred and fifty two, to administer upon the estate of the said Sarah Garrison deceased, for the purpose of applying for, and in behalf of said surviving children, the amount of Pension due the said Jesse Garrison at his death under the Act of 7th June 1832, and also, the amount due to the said Sarah Garrison at her death under the widow's pension laws, and

and there being no objection, entered into Bond in the sum of Five hundred dollars with suf- ficient security, approved by the Court, and that Letters of Administration issued to him accordingly.
I further certify, that Abraham Lack Esq, whose name appears to the Declaration of the said Allen Baker, and Anderson Walker Esq, whose name appears to the affidavits of Henry Garrison and Emily Reece, are now, and were at the dates thereof, acting Justices of the peace in and for the county of Greene and State of Ten- nessee, duly commissioned and qualified according to law, and that the signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine, and that full faith and credit should be given to the same as their of- ficial acts.
Given under my hand and Seal of Office, at Office in Greene- ville this seventh day of July A. D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty two.
E. M. Headrick C. G. C.

State of Tennessee Greene County 3 rd On this Eighteenth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty two before me Anderson Walker an acting Justice of the peace in and for the County and state aforesaid, personally appeared Henry Garrison, aged sixty years past, a resident of said County, and a credible witness, and made oath in due form of law to the following affidavit relative to his father and mother Jesse and Sarah Garrison to wit:
This affiant states that he is the third child of the said Jesse and Sarah Garrison deceased, and that he was born in Halifax County in the state of North Carolina on the Sixteenth day of March One thousand seven hundred and ninety two, as is shown by the record of his age herewith presented, which record he declares, was cut from the original family register of his said father and mother, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, by one of his sisters, at his request and in his presence, at which time his said father and mother resided in Jefferson County Tennessee, and had said fam- ily register in their possession — that the said record of his age, cut from the register aforesaid, has been in his possession ever since, and that said family register containing the names and ages of his brothers and sisters was made by one Joel Sykes, this affiant's uncle, and Brother to his said mother, who was a school- master, previous to his father's removal from Halifax County N. Carolina to Tennessee, which removal he declares took place about the year Eighteen hundred and 39, and he arrives at this date from the age of his youngest sister, Sarah, now Sarah Baker, who was

then about two years old, now about forty seven.
He further states that said family register, from which affiant's name and age was cut as aforesaid, was made by his said uncle under the immediate direction of his said father and mother in Halifax County, N. Carolina, as he has always understood from them, and which they have always deemed genuine: and that he has not seen the said family register since the year Eighteen hundred and thirty nine, nor does he know what has become of it.
He further states that said family register contained the names and ages of his brothers and sisters, beginning with the eldest to wit: Ivy Garrison deceased, John R. Garrison now of Missouri; Henry Garrison, this affiant, and third child; Richard Garrison, who died in infancy; Rebecca and Polly Garrison and Sarah now Sarah Baker by intermarriage with Allen Baker, all of Greene county Tennessee.
That his said father and mother removed with their family from Halifax County N.C. to Orange County N.C. thence back to Halifax, thence to Greene county Tennessee, thence to the adjoining county of Jefferson thence back to Greene where his said father died on the sixth day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and forty nine - and that his said mother also died in said county of Greene on the Eleventh day of June A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, leaving the foregoing named John R Garrison, Henry Garrison, Rebecca and Polly Garrison, and Sarah Baker, only surviving children - that the said Sarah Garrison is the identical person who received a Revolutionary Pension at Knoxville Tennessee at the rate of forty four dollars and ten cents per annum, and that the said Sarah Garrison deceased is the identical

person who afterwards made application for a revolutionary pension, but died as aforesaid without obtaining such pension. He further states that he was a soldier in Capt. Grahams Co. 6th Detached regt N.C. militia, war of 1812, and received for said service a Land warrant for 80 acres No. 17.028.
Henry Garrison
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first within written - and I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named witness, Henry Garrison, that he is the identical person he represents himself to be, and from my knowledge of him and his father's family, and his personal appearance, I have no hesitation in declaring it as my opinion that he is of the age stated in his affidavit. And I further certify that the paper containing the name and age of said witness, referred to in his affidavit, cut from the family register aforesaid, has been exhibited to me, on the back of which I have written my name to show its identity
Anderson Walker Justice of the Peace

State of Tennessee } Greene County } ss On this eighteenth day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty two, before me Anderson Walker an acting Justice of the peace in and for the county and state aforesaid personally appeared Emily, former- ly Emily Garrison, and daughter of Ivy Garrison deceased, but now Emily Reese by intermarriage with Peter Reese, aged near thirty six years, a resident of said county, and a credible witness, and made oath in due form of law that the papers herewith presented, containing the age of her father the said Ivy Garrison and his children, ten in number, beginning with Greene Henry Garrison and ending with Charles B. Garrison, is the origin- al family register of her said father, written by himself, and kept in his possession until he died in said county of Greene about twelve years since - which family register she declares has been in her possession ever since the death of her said father, and which he always deemed genuine, and she has no reason to doubt its genuineness - She further states that she is the daughter of the said Ivy Garrison and grand daughter of Jesse Garrison, who was a revolutionary pensioner, and died in said county of Greene about three years ago, and Sarah his wife who also died in said county in June Eighteen hundred and fifty two - She does not know when said family register was begun by her father, but knows with certainty that a part of said register existed thirty  twenty years ago, and knows

also that he added the names of his children thereto from time to time, and that the whole of said Register is in the handwriting of her said father, and believes she remembers seeing it thirty years ago. Emely Beece
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first within written And I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named witness, that she is the daughter of the said Iry Garrison, who was the son of the said Jesse and Sarah Garrison deceased, and that I believe she is of the age stated in her affidavit, and that she is the identical person mentioned in said family register, on the back of which register, there being two pieces of paper, apparently torn apart, I have written my name offi- cially by way of identity. I further certify that the said Iry Garrison deceased was well known to me, and from my knowledge of him and his appearance I believe he was upwards of fifty years of age when he died in this (Greene) county, which took place in my immediate neighborhood about twelve years since (The word "twenty" in last line 1st Page, interlined before signing
Anderson H. Alkens Justice of the Peace for Greene County